TORRES' MOST MEMORABLE GAMES FOR LA ROJA

   Belgium 0-2 Spain - October 8, 2005   

Torres had just one Spain goal to his name prior to the World Cup qualifiers but hit seven in 11 games to end as Spain's top goalscroer en route to Germany, including both in a vital win in Belgium.

    Germany 0-1 Spain - June 29, 2008  

El Nino netted the only goal of the final in the absence of the injured David Villa as he ran on to Xavi's pass and lofted a clever shot over Jens Lehmann and give La Roja a first trophy in 44 years.

 Spain 4-0 Ireland - June 14, 2012  

Torres was back in the side after starting Euro 2012 on the bench and scored twice - including an important first - as Spain thrashed Ireland. The double saw him move to third in the list of all-time goalscorers for La Roja.

Among those 30 goals, there have been two hat-tricks, against San Marino and New Zealand, with the latter coming in the 2009 Confederations Cup in just 17 minutes, making it the fastest triple in the history of La Roja. He has also hit five doubles, including an important brace against Belgium in qualification for the 2006 World Cup, and scored just one in 14 separate occasions.

Italy, San Marino, China, Belgium, Slovakia, Croatia, Ukraine, Tunisia, Liechtenstein, Latvia, Sweden, Germany, Chile, Azerbaijan, New Zealand, Macedonia, Poland, United States, South Korea and now Ireland have all been his victims, with the most important goal of all coming in the final of Euro 2008 against Joachim Low's side.

So Spain fans will now hope there are more similarly important strikes on the way - and that Torres can be their talisman once again in the latter stages of Euro 2012.

Happy Reading! :-)

xoxo,

Patricia